Besides colder weather and pumpkin carving, October also brings the beginning of the employee benefits open enrollment season. Nearly 40 percent of Washington state employers renew their employee benefit plans on Jan. 1, causing an intense surge in huma

Washington Trust Bank remains Spokane County's leader in bank deposits, according to an annual market share report released recently by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. The Spokane-based institution's $1.88 billion in local deposits as of June 30

Investors have recouped a small, but welcome additional portion of the many millions of dollars they had tied up in Metropolitan Securities Co. and Summit Securities Inc. before those affiliated companies here shut down 12 years ago. The Metropolitan Cre

Before getting too deeply into your retirement planning, you need to have a few things figured out. You should have some good idea as to how you want to live, where you want to live, and what activities will be part of your life. Knowing these, you may n

Portland-based Umpqua Bank plans to move its downtown Spokane branch to a main-floor storefront in the nearby Crescent Building, at 707 W. Main, according to building permit information on file with the city of Spokane. An Umpqua spokeswoman confirmed th

Washington Financial Corp., the Spokane-based parent of Washington Trust Bank, has reported net income of $26 million through the first half of 2016, up from $21.5 million through the year-earlier period. As of June 30 this year, Washington Trust had tot

The parent organization for Spokane-based Providence Health Care, the Inland Northwest's largest health-care system, is seeking the issuance of up to $222.4 million in tax-exempt special-fund revenue bonds in a facilities refinancing request that includ